The Digits

Getting hot in here

July 17, 2008|By FROM NEWS SERVICES

Earth is on a hot list, but it's not good news. Our planet just experienced the eighth-warmest June on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which released the data on Wednesday.

Other facts about top temperatures:

Number of months this year that were the ninth-warmest since Earth temperature record-keeping began in 1880

Number of degrees Fahrenheit that was the average temperature for June, 0.9 degrees warmer than average

Number of degrees Fahrenheit for the global land and ocean surface temperature from January to June of this year, 0.8 degrees above the 20th century mean